Bettina Chakerov writes: The Oxley-Meier Guitar Project has just released its fifth album, ‘Mercurial Indigo’ (MGPCD026) and is currently on a national tour performing music from the album. As is normal for […]
Bram Stadhouders & Baroque Orchestration X (B.O.X.) – Suite X (Buzz / Challenge Records ZZ 76138, Review by Frank Graham) Having studied classical guitar and baroque music from age 6, Dutch maverick […]
Wang/Luft/Fält, the international trio of composer/bassist/singer Ellen Andrea Wang, guitarist Rob Luft and drummer Jon Fält, are in the middle of an extensive European tour, titled Closeness after their 2020 album. On […]
Phill Niblock, Rie Nakajima and Thurston Moore (Cafe Oto, matinee 6 May 2023. Review and drawing by Geoff Winston) This hastily arranged afternoon gig, on Phill Niblock’s brief return from travels, brought […]
Loren Connors and Alan Licht (Cafe Oto. 6 May 2023; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Fragile, magical, elusive – merest hints to describe avant guitarist Loren Connors’ mesmeric playing at Cafe […]
Traditional Scottish folk songs of love, heartbreak and friendship are at the heart of ‘Two Hours After Midnight’, the new album from Scottish singer Louise Dodds and Azerbaijani pianist Elchin Shirinov. It […]
Mark McKergow and Patrick Hadfield pick their top tips from the summer’s jazz festivals in Scotland’s central belt. Glasgow Jazz Festival – 14-18 June 2023. Link below for details and tickets for […]
Dishwasher_ – Dishwasher_ (SDBAN ULTRA CD/LP33, Review by Frank Graham) From X-Legged Sally to Bram De Looze, the relatively small population of Belgium has certainly made its mark on contemporary jazz. With […]
Five-Way Split (Quentin Collins, Rob Barron, Vasilis Xenopoulos, Mátyás Hofecker, Matt Home) (Pizza Express Dean Street. All The Way album launch 9 May 2023. Live Review by Gareth Thomas) Soho’s Pizza Express […]
Sebastian writes: Welsh pianist Geoff Eales has alerted us to one of those extraordinary one-off evenings of music and poetry, involving Maggie Nicols – a UK artist who is perhaps only properly […]
Sebastian attended jazzahead! 2023 in Bremen, and writes about the fair, reflects on the UK presence or lack of it, and reports on a few of the 36 showcases… A SUCCESSFUL JAZZAHEAD […]
Mondays With Morgan is a column in LondonJazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. Therein, he dives deep into the jazz that moves him – […]
Madeleine & Salomon – Eastern Spring (Tzig’Art TZIG220930. Album review by Alison Bentley) Singer Madeleine and pianist Salomon are a French duo with a “common desire for another world”. The album title […]
Filomena Campus is a Sardinia-born, London-based jazz singer, theatre director and academic. For the latest in LJN’s series in which musicians write about recordings by their idols or formative influences, Filomena writes […]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
